Name: Bay Junction (Milwaukee, Racine & Troy) industries and tracks Layout designers: The MR staff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 6′-8″ x 26′-0″ Theme: freelanced junction town Locale: southern Wisconsin Era: 1990s Style: walkaround Mainline run: 42 feet Minimum radius: 30″ (except as noted) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 3 percent Originally appeared in the […]
Name: New Mexico Division Layout designer: Bob Foltz Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 45′-7″ x 47′-8″ Prototype: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Locale: Northern New Mexico Era: 1951 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 350 feet Minimum radius: 36″ (main), 30″ (all others), 26″ (narrow gauge) Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent (main), 3.2 percent […]
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Track plan at a glance Name: Green Mountain Division of the Boston & Maine Layout designer: Don Janes Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 12′-8″ x 20′-0″ plus 12′-0″ x 30′-0″ addition Prototype: Boston & Maine, Central Vermont, and Rutland Locale: Vermont Era: 1950 to 1958 Style: Around the walls Mainline run: 120 feet (original), 70 feet […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Rock Island Lines Layout designer: Tony Bowen Scale: N (1:160) Size: 15 x 21 feet Prototype: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Locale: western Illinois and eastern Iowa Era: 1955-1965 Style: walkaround Mainline run: 126 feet Minimum radius: 11″ Originally appeared in the How To Model Railroads of the 1950s […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy April Fools! This week Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model patched-out freight cars without having to do any masking. New products include an N scale GP15-1 diesel locomotive from Atlas, HO scale 77-foot Pullman Standard chair cars from […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Happy April Fools! This week Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to model patched-out freight cars without having to do any masking. New products include an N scale GP15-1 diesel locomotive from Atlas, HO scale 77-foot Pullman Standard chair cars from […]
Name: Mineral Point & Northern Layout designer: Steve Worack and the Progressive Model Design staff Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 5 x 12 feet Prototype: MP&N Locale: Mineral Point, Wis. Era: 1917 Style: island Mainline run: 12 feet Minimum radius: 40″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: level Originally appeared in the May 2011 issue of […]
Name: Santa Alicia, Harrytown & Pacific RR Layout designer: Mike Blumensaadt Scale: N (1:160) Size: 7′-3″ x 36′-4″ Prototype: Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific Locale: western United States Era: 1950s Style: along-the-wall Mainline run: 75 feet Minimum radius: 19″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 2 percent Originally appeared in the May 2011 […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You may have already checked out our new Virginian Ry. layout on the Model Railroader webcam. In this week’s Cody’s Office Model Railroader staff members Eric Stelpflug and Neil Besougloff will show you how they make puffball trees for this model train layout. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page You may have already checked out our new Virginian Ry. layout on the Model Railroader webcam. In this week’s Cody’s Office Model Railroader staff members Eric Stelpflug and Neil Besougloff will show you how they make puffball trees for this model train layout. […]
